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at his command, in a word, the whole force of the 

 British Government at his back, in which to write 

 and print his Argument ; while it would have afforded 

 to the American Counsel kss than four iceeks for the 

 same task, in which to prepare and print our Argu 

 ment in both languages, with no libraries at hand, no 

 translators, no printers, thrown wholly on our per 

 sonal resources away from home in the heart of Eu 

 rope. 



The Counsel of the United States desired no re- 

 argument of the cause. We found nothing in the 

 British Argument which we had not anticipated and 

 disposed of to our own satisfaction. Not that we 

 feared reargurneut : on the contrary, we felt such com 

 plete confidence in our rights as to be sure not to lose, 

 and to hope rather to gain, by further discussion. 

 Hence we did not desire nor seek reargunient, al 

 though perfectly ready for it if called upon in con 

 formity with the Treaty. Our objections were to the 

 delay and to the departure from the conditions of the 

 Treaty. 



According to the explicit language of the Treaty, 

 &quot; the decision of the Tribunal shall, if possible, be 

 made within three months from the close of the ar 

 guments on both sides ;&quot; and the prescribed day &quot; for 

 the close of the arguments on both sides&quot; is the 15th 

 of June. Suppose that, by agreement of the two Gov 

 ernments, it could not be done by Counsel without 

 consent of their Governments, &quot;the close of the 

 arguments&quot; had been postponed to the 31st of Au 

 gust, as proposed by Sir Eoundell Palmer. In that 



